HIT THE GROUND RUNNING!RDA Training for Music CatalogersFebruary 27, 2013
PART 1: PROVIDING ACCESSDamian Iseminger, Nancy Lorimer, Raymond Schmidt, Hermine Vermeij
Recording Attributes vs Constructing Access Points
RDA Attributes
RDA Structure
Attributes Attributes are elements that identify
and/or describe a person, corporate body, or work, expression, etc.
Within the MARC21 environment, attributes (especially for works) may appear in either/both authority records and bibliographic records
Attributes vs Authorized access points
An authorized access point is made up: The preferred form of name (whether
person, work, expression, etc.) Attribute(s), but only if core or if necessary
to differentiate the name from a similar name
Some (but not all) attributes MAY be used in a authorized access point, but not necessarily
Recording Attributes in NARs Need to be able to record attributes
independently of the 1XX Several new MARC fields have been
created to record these attributes Data may or may not be used in the
construction of preferred access points, and may not be in the same form as that in the preferred access point
SEARCHABLE in OCLC (en:)
Attributes in Bib Records attributes for works and expressions will
often be recorded in the bib record as well as the authority record
The same data may be recorded differently in bib vs authority records—one may use a controlled vocabulary, one may not
Attributes of Persons (RDA 9.3-9.18)
Name of person (9.2) Date associated with
person (9.3)* Title of person (9.4)* Fuller form of name
(9.5)* Other designation (9.6)* Gender (9.7) Place of Birth (9.8) Place of Death (9.9) Country associated with
person (9.10)
Place of residence (9.11) Address of person (9.12) Affiliation (9.13) Language of person
(9.14) Field of activity (9.15) Profession or occupation
(9.16) Biographical information
(9.17) Identifier (9.18)
Attributes of Corporate bodies (RDA 11.2-11.12) Name of corporate
body (11.2) Place associated with
corporate body (11.3) Date associated with
corporate body (11.4) Associated institution
(11.5) Number of
conference, etc. (11.6)
Other Designation associated with a corporate body (11.7)
Language of corporate body (11.8)
Address of Corporate Body (11.9)
Field of activity of corporate body (11.10)
Corporate history (11.10)
Identifier (11.12)
Attributes of Works/Expressions (RDA 6.2-6.13) Title of work (6.2) Form of work (6.3) Date of work (6.4) Place of origin of work
(6.5) Other distinguishing
characteristic of work (6.6)
History of work (6.7) Identifier of work
(6.8)
Content type (6.9) Date of expression
(6.10) Language of
expression(6.11) Other distinguishing
characteristic of expression (6.12)
Identifier of expression (6.13)
Attributes of Musical works/expressions (6.14-1.18)
Title of musical work (6.14) Medium of performance (6.15) Numeric designation of a musical work
(6.16) Key (6.17) Other distinguishing characteristics of a
musical work or expression (6.18)
MARC21 fields for attributes For all records
046 370 371 372 373 377
Personal Names Only 374 375 378
Family Names Only 376
Corporate Bodies Only 368
Works, Expressions, Only 336 380 381
Music Only 382 383 384
Field of Activity (372)Profession/Occupation (374)
MARC21 fields for attributes
372: Field of Activity For persons: a field of endeavour, area of
expertise, etc. in which a person is engaged” (RDA 9.15)
for corporate bodies “the area of business” (RDA 11.10)
LC/PCC: Use controlled vocabulary when possible LCSH
372: Field of Activity
374: Profession/Occupation “Class of persons engaged in a
profession or occupation (RDA 9.16.1.3)
LC/PCC: Use controlled vocabulary when possible; if using non-controlled vocabulary, give in singular LCSH is at the moment the most used
controlled vocabulary
374: Examples
Associated Group (373)
MARC21 fields for attributes
373: Associated Group Corporate body to which a person is
somehow related (member, teacher, graduate, etc.)
LC/PCC: Use controlled vocabulary whenever possible (NAF)
Attributes for Works and Expressions
MARC21 fields for attributes
336: Content Type (RDA 6.9) Expression-level term Controlled RDA vocabulary:
Notated music Performed music
Core in all bibliographic records Currently NOT used in authority records
380: Form of Work (RDA 6.3) Form of work, whether or not it is the
preferred title of the work; for music, generally a musical form
LC/PCC: Use controlled vocabulary when possible (LCSH); if not using controlled vocabulary, put term in the singular
380 Sonatas $2 lcsh380 Concertos $2 lcsh380 Fugue
380: Examples
Fields specifically for musical works and expressions
MARC21 for attributes
Attributes of Musical Works/Expressions
Musical works have attributes specific to themselves Medium of performance (6.15) Numeric designation of a musical work
(6.16) Key (6.17) Other distinguishing characteristic of the
expression of a musical work (6.18)
382: Medium of performance Multiple subfields are available to
demarcate soloists, numbers of performers, etc.
LC/PCC instructions: Use the vocabulary from RDA 6.15 Use only $a at this time
Each instrument goes in its own $a
382: Examples
382: Examples
382: Examples; double instrumentation
383: Numeric designation (RDA 6.16)
$a – serial number$b – opus number$c – thematic index number$d – thematic index code$e – publisher associated with opus number
383: Subfields a & b examples
383: Subfield c & d examples
383 $c & d: Thematic index no. & code
Thematic index codes were developed by task force of the Authorities Subcommittee of MLA-BCC
Available as:Thematic Indexes Used in the Library of Congress/NACO authority File)(http://bcc.musiclibraryassoc.org/BCC-Historical/BCC2011/Thematic_Indexes.htm)
Also links from MARC21 $2 code is mlati